It's ironic that the I received an email from the Utah Soaring Association indicating yesterday telling about one of our Grob Astir's had a hard landing a few weeks ago that ripped off the disk brake caliper. The damage inspection found this is not the first time this has happened as the caliper hangs down at the 6 o'clock position. The Utah board is looking at taking it back to the original drum brake design for better hard landing durability.